2017 Derbyshire County Council election explained

Election Name:2017 Derbyshire County Council election
Country:Derbyshire
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2013 Derbyshire County Council election
Previous Year:2013
Next Election:2021 Derbyshire County Council election
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:All 64 seats to Derbyshire County Council
Majority Seats:33
Election Date:4 May 2017
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:18
Seats1:37
Seat Change1:19
Popular Vote1:93,546
Percentage1:43.9%
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:43
Seats2:24
Seat Change2:19
Popular Vote2:76,135
Percentage2:35.8%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election3:3
Seats3:3
Popular Vote3:25,259
Percentage3:11.9%
Map Size:350px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Conservative

An election to Derbyshire County Council took place on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 United Kingdom local elections. 64 councillors were elected from 61 electoral divisions which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office.[1] No elections were held in the City of Derby, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council. The Conservative Party won back control of the council, taking thirty-seven of the authority's sixty-four seats.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 4 May 2017 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,[2] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.[3]

Derbyshire County Council – Results by District

Amber Valley Borough

(10 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Ripley West and Heage

Bolsover District

(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Tibshelf

Chesterfield Borough

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Walton and West

Derbyshire Dales District

(6 seats, 6 electoral divisions)

Wirksworth

Erewash Borough

(9 seats, 9 electoral divisions)

Sawley

High Peak Borough

(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

Whaley Bridge

North East Derbyshire District

(8 seats, 7 electoral divisions)

Wingerworth and Shirland

South Derbyshire District

(8 seats, 8 electoral divisions)

Swadlincote South

By-Elections between May 2017 - May 2021

Whaley Bridge

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derbyshire - LGBCE. www.lgbce.org.uk. 2017-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120626191457/http://www.lgbce.org.uk/all-reviews/east-midlands/derbyshire/derbyshire-electoral-review. 2012-06-26. dead.
  2. Web site: The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1 . Legislation.gov.uk . 13 October 2011 . 18 April 2012.
  3. Web site: I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses? . The Electoral Commission . 5 January 2011 . 7 May 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190507083825/https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/faq/voting-and-registration/i-have-two-homes.-can-i-register-to-vote-at-both-addresses . dead .